SYS IT's Managed Enterprise Network Firewall

Firewall service includes network based firewalls that are capable of providing network security protection for large or complex deployments. These firewalls are highly scalable and can also include virtual versions as options depending on specific vendor capabilities.

Similarly deployment options for these devices include the data center, network edge or branch offices. So Next-generation firewalls will often include capabilities such as application or user based policies, threat detection via intelligence feeds as well as traditional IPS methods, SSL based VPN’s, and sandboxing.

SYS IT’s Managed Enterprise Network Firewall Service Includes

Global Advanced Security Operations Centers (ASOC):

Provides around the clock support, staffed with security experts who have in-depth product knowledge.

And experience working with complex, enterprise network environments with next-generation firewalls and / or UTM devices.

Continuous Device / Threat Monitoring:

Assures that regardless of the specific device capabilities supported, you are protected from the latest threats, with 24x7x365 monitoring.

Analysis and validation of advanced threats which includes use of real-time threat intelligence from Spider Labs.

24×7 Security Portal Access:

Assures that you have continuous visibility into any open tickets, alerts and status of your perimeter security profile. Also detailed reporting is available for internal control and compliance requirements whenever they are need.

Benefits

Efficient Deployment

Efficient deployment of managed firewalls specifically configured for your network, ensuring that monitoring and protection are in effect immediately and monitored continuously.

24×7 Service Event Monitoring

24×7 service event monitoring quickly identifies evidence of suspicious activity, filtering out non-validated threats with rapid escalation to the customer for validated threats.

Elimination of False Positives

Elimination of false positives by SYS IT analysts assures that your team stays focused in the areas that matter most and are only engage when security conditions warrant.

Regular Device and Policy Updates

Even more regular device and policy updates that address the latest network-based threats. In some cases, updates may include protection against zero-day attacks (firewall vendor specific).

How It Works

Managed enterprise firewalls are deploy at the network perimeter other sensitive locations or within the internal network for additional network segmentation as required by the customer.

The key roles each of these members includes:

Threat Intelligence Analyst

Responsible for global threat monitoring and maintaining of SYS IT specific threat feeds and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) used for customer site monitoring as well as third party signature / threat updates as required by supported firewalls.

Cyber Threat Analyst

Responsible for customer specific threat monitoring and operation of the Managed Enterprise Firewall Service on the customer’s behalf, including threat validation, potential attack notifications, escalations

Incident Response Engineer or Threat Hunters

Above all these are optional, additional cost services that a customer may choose to leverage from SYS IT to assist them with containment, remediation or other incident response operations should they become necessary.